The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) and the Tikvah Fund are delighted to offer a seminar series on Understanding Cognitive Warfare to take place in Washington, DC, from June 21 - August 2. The series is devoted to examining key issues necessary for understanding the history and methods of [...]
Over thirty-six attended this year’s Mary and David Nichols Great Books Conference held May 14-15 in Waco, Texas. The annual conference is sponsored by the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI). In its 15th year, the purpose of the conference is to facilitate conversations among Baylor’s graduate students (and now former [...]
Dean Ball, member of the board of directors of The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) and a frequent writer on artificial intelligence, recommends a book on the current state of biology as a partial antidote to some of the nightmare scenarios involving AI. In his online newsletter Hyperdimensional, Mr. Ball [...]
President Biden’s new executive order to limit illegal crossings on the southern border is full of exemptions for people who claim asylum, Joe Simonson reports in his latest investigative story for the Washington Free Beacon. An “alumnus” of the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) and 2015 graduate of Hamilton [...]
In a moving personal piece published for Gloria Greenfield’s Doc Emet Productions, Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon, Senior Fellow, The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), contrasts the anxious hopes of her Romanian Jewish family with the growing attacks on both America and Jews today. Dr. Pilon begins “The Slaughter and the [...]
Dean Ball, a board member of The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), writes on new developments in artificial intelligence (AI). He recently considered the problem of highly plausible fakeries—known as “deepfakes”—that can result from AI capabilities. For the average person, he says, deepfakes are probably the most tangible risk from [...]
Tikvah is partnering with the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) to offer a new seminar on cognitive warfare with Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon. To register your interest, please complete and submit this form by June 14, 2024. We will be in touch to confirm your participation. Location: Foundation for Defense [...]
In his latest posts on artificial intelligence, Dean Ball, board member of The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), writes that the recent, widely reported disbanding of the “superalignment” safety team at OpenAI is a good thing. Passage of sweeping AI regulatory legislation by the California State Senate this week is [...]
To honor the late conservative leader William Rusher, friends launched a website following the 100th anniversary of his birth. His biographer, Dr. David Frisk, Resident Fellow, The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), authored the essay that is the centerpiece of the William A. Rusher Centennial Project site. In “Rusher [...]
Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) Senior Fellow Alexander Riley, in his latest hard-hitting opinion commentary, exposes politically correct zealotry against the death penalty. Dr. Riley, a professor of sociology at Bucknell University, attacks the “knee-jerk anti-death penalty position of the woke elites”—and “the language they use to talk about [...]
